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Reactions from around the country to Game 6 of the World Series

“There may have been other all-time great games that were better played from start to finish, but none that had as many twists and turns and on-the-brink moments as this one did. The combination of heroics, gaffes, debatable decisions and late-inning dramatics in front of a delirious hometown crowd puts this on the short list of the most memorable games I’ve ever seen.” – MLB Network’s Bob Costas

“Last night’s game was awful, then it was thrilling, then implausible, then impossible. It reminded me of Game 6 in the 1986 WS and an earlier seesaw game that ended with the same 10-9 score: Game 7 of the 1960 World Series.” – John Thorn, Official Historian of Major League Baseball

“Boy that was exciting. I always say it ain’t over til it’s over, but that one should’ve been over a while ago.” – Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra

“I was watching last night and I’m just so happy for the game of baseball. My moment became very vivid again and it reminds us all why we should never give up. Hopefully there’s more to follow tonight.” – Two-time World Series champion and D-backs manager Kirk Gibson

“It was edge-of-your-seat exciting. Just when you thought it was over twice, down to the last pitch, the Cardinals came back. It definitely makes you remember the stress and the excitement of it and at the same time, how nerve wracking it was for both sides because it was a see-saw battle late in the game.” – 2001 World Series champion Luis Gonzalez

“Go Crazy Folks, Go Crazy!” – Baseball Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith

“On the ‘almost anniversary’ of Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, the St. Louis Cardinals had their moment by the Mississippi. There were no villains last night, no Bill Buckners, just a bunch of guys who have decided for the last two months that they are going to win every time they are declared done. Last night’s game was a standing ovation to the eternal game of baseball.” – Ron Darling, SNY/TBS Baseball Analyst

“This was the greatest game I’ve ever seen in my life. We’ve never seen anything like this before. There were two runs in the ninth, followed by two runs in the tenth, and finished with a walkoff. I’ve played in some exciting games before, but this tops it. – MLB Network’s Kevin Millar

“It was ugly early, but it was fantastic late, and because of all the drama, it was one of the greatest games I’ve ever seen. The only thing I can compare it to is when the Yankees came back against the Diamondbacks’ Byung-Hyum Kim in the 2001 World Series.” – MLB Network’s Harold Reynolds

“Game 6 of the World Series had more twists and turns than a Quentin Tarantino movie. It also showed that you don’t necessarily need the Yankees, Red Sox nor Phillies in the Fall Classic to create such compelling drama. And now the Cardinals and Rangers have provided baseball fans with the two most earth-shattering words in sports, “GAME SEVEN”!!” – Chris Rose, Host MLB on FOX/Host MLB Network’s “Intentional Talk”

“All I can say is that in baseball you have never seen it all.” – Frank Thomas, MLB.com Analyst

“At first I thought I was watching an ear-biting tired Holyfield-Tyson rematch, then I ended up with an Ali-Frazier thriller.” – Doug Glanville, ESPN Baseball Analyst

“It was one of those games the next day people are asking each other, ‘Did you stay up and see that game?’ And, ‘How many people did you wake up to finish watching the game?’” – Nomar Garciaparra, ESPN Baseball Analyst

“That’s the beauty of baseball- you can’t take a knee and run the clock out- you can’t foul the worst free throw shooter on the other team- you’ve got to get all the outs- that’s why I love this game!” – Aaron Boone, ESPN Baseball Analyst